Apart from Warren, Brown or Booker, what would your first choice of running mate be?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

I'm hoping that Clinton doesn't pick Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown or Corey Booker as running mate, for the obvious reason.

Excluding them (and anyone else with the same drawback), who would your first choice be?

[chillfactor]

1. Julian Castro...

[lunamagica]

2. Xavier Becerra. He's actually my first choice.

[hollowdweller]

3. Perez

He's very pro labor and he's very good at explaining things. Great public speaker.

[xocet]

4. Gavin Newsome n/t

[muntrv]

5. Al Franken.

[padfun]

6. I would say Kamala Harris

but I want her as a Calif Senator instead.

If she was chosen, we would still get a Democrat in that seat anyways (Loretta Sanchez?)

[rpannier]

29. I think if Harris were Clinton's veep

She'd probably step away from the senate race
Though, I admit, I would wish she would stay in it
I think she'd lose the Senate race and Sanchez would get elected to the Senate
MY worry would be some republikkan would fill the slot if Harris stepped away and some idiotic fluke would happen and we'd get a Republikkan
Also, if Harris won and Sanchez were appointed, we'd be doing the US Senate dance for that seat in 2018.
Just prefer to win and move on

[padfun]

42. All good points

I think you are right. Her time will come someday. It is best to just move on.

[flor-de-jasmim]

7. Al Franken

[katmondoo]

9. Maybe Al

None of the others, I still like Warren the best

[Donald Ian Rankin]

19. She may be better, but is she a senate seat's worth better?

I'm not convinced the best choice of VP is necessarily the best VP.

I'm quite prepared to believe that Warren (or Brown) might be the best VP on offer.

But I'd be very surprised if there wasn't someone else who was close enough to being as good to make them a better choice even so.

[geek tragedy]

8. Amy Klobuchar. nt

[In_The_Wind]

10. Barbra Boxer

[LonePirate]

11. Xavier Becerra or Mark Pocan

[taught_me_patience]

12. Mark Cuban

-Super energetic and positive
-a foil to Hillary's super conservative campaign style
-an attack dog on Trump
-an outsider... completely negating Trump's one and only advantage
-a reputation for saying what he thinks that translates into honest image

[bklyncowgirl]

13. Interesting outside choice--on the face of it I like it. Fight fire with fire.

Billionaire reality star vs billionaire reality star.

To be honest I don't know much about him except from what I've seen when DH bogarts the TV remote and I have to watch Shark Tank but yeah, he seems like a decent guy and unlike Trump actually is largely a self-made man.

[longship]

14. I have no preference right now except please not a sitting US Senator.

And especially not Elizabeth Warren, who is now more than ever desperately needed on the floor of the Senate.

I would prefer that Hillary surprise us all.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

17. I'd be fine with a Senator from a seat with a Democratic governor.

But I agree - I think that in themselves Warren and Brown would both be excellent choices, and I know nothing against Booker, but I hope Clinton can find someone just as good who doesn't give up a senate seat.

[Lyric]

15. If not Warren, then I trust Clinton's choice.

Whoever she picks, I trust her judgement. She would never do a McCain and choose someone solely to pander, without properly considering whether he or she could be a good President in the event that the worst happens.

THAT is the most important function of the VP. To be the absolute best person to govern the nation if the President dies. For me, that choice is obviously Elizabeth Warren. But if Secretary Clinton chooses someone else, well, she knows better than I do what the circumstances are. If I didn't trust her judgement, I wouldn't have supported her for my whole life.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

18. I don't think the best *choice* of VP is necessarily the best VP.

I'm quite prepared to believe that the best person to be VP might be either Warren or Brown, and I know nothing against Booker.

But even if so, I'd rather Clinton choose someone who would make a slightly, but only slightly, less good VP without giving up a senate seat.

[Her Sister]

37. This! "Whoever she picks, I trust her judgement"

If I didn't trust her judgement, I wouldn't have supported her for my whole life.

[Eric J in MN]

16. Labor Secretary Tom Perez (NT)

NT

[CK_John]

20. Joe Biden is her best joice.

[phleshdef]

21. Booker would be terrible.

He is fake as hell.

[Mendocino]

22. Mark Udall

[CobaltBlue]

23. Someone who did not endorse her prior to the Iowa caucuses.

This, at the very least, would be a good start.

[Betty Karlson]

24. Sorry, but your obvious reason isn't obvious to me.

Care to explain?

[Metric System]

27. It would mean losing a Senator.

[rpannier]

30. States with Republican governors

In the case of Brown the legislature is also Republican

[Betty Karlson]

32. Got it!

Thanks for explaining.

[rpannier]

33. Glad to be of assistance

[Donald Ian Rankin]

35. Warren, Booker or Brown wouldn't just have to be the best candidate.

To be the best choice of VP, they wouldn't just have to be the best person to be VP, they'd have to be enough better than the next best candidate to justify giving up a senate seat. And I think that's a very high hurdle indeed, given how many other at-least-almost-as-good candidates there are.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. Newsom or Merkley.

Someone from the West Coast who supports marijuana legalization.

[Onlooker]

26. Joe Biden

Biden to me is the best and most obvious choice, if he was willing to take the job. Hillary has promised to continue Obama's policies, so who better to have as a VP than Biden? Plus, Biden is really smart, really decent, and not greedy, so he sort of would be a moral counterweight to Hillary, who at least in terms of personal gain has hardly been a shining example of political integrity.

[rpannier]

31. Not disagreeing with youre assessment of Biden

But we need younger people in these slots
It's why, while I would love to see Warren as the veep, she is nearing 70 herself and part of the reason I oppose her being the pick
The party needs to look toward the future; the Castros are both young and smart. Becerra, Pocan, Harris, etc

[That Guy 888]

28. Jill Stein

[rpannier]

34. Tom Perez

Labor Secretary

http://prospect.org/article/subtle-force-tom-perez

[stonecutter357]

36. Julian Castro.

[DonViejo]

38. Gavin Newsom or Deval Patrick

[FSogol]

39. Democrats ALWAYS pick US Senators for the VP pick.

Last time they didn't was Geraldine Ferraro in 1984.

[Recursion]

41. Which Udall isn't in government right now?

I'd also be interested in seeing Schweitzer talked about.

[Recursion]

40. O'Malley, though I doubt that will happen

I see him as a much better version of Tim Kaine.